We would like to present the next edition of the publication in a new layout, appearing in a 3-year cycle, which presents information on the tourism infrastructure and its use in Dolnośląskie voivodship in years 2015-2017. The previous editions, presenting tourism in Dolnośląskie voivodship, included years 2008-2011 and 2012-2014 and are available on the website of the Statistical Office in Wroclaw.

The publication consists of a descriptive part with a rich graphic design and it is supplemented with explanations of basic concepts and definitions describing phenomena relating to tourism development and the intensity of tourist traffic.

The main part of the publication concerns data on Dolnośląskie voivodship as a whole. The selected information is presented by powiats and gminas. In addition, in order to present the region's full tourist potential possible, the most important information was shown also on the background of the country and other voivodships. Selected phenomena are illustrated in charts and maps.

The information presented in the publication comes from ongoing statistical surveys carried out by the public statistics, from the PTTK reports and the information from Euroregions Nysa and Glacensis. The primary source of data is a monthly survey conducted on the report on the use of tourist accommodation establishments (KT-1), including establishments with a capacity of 10 and more beds.

The release is available on the website of the Statistical Office in Wroclaw wroclaw.stat.gov.pl. The data, in large part, are also available in electronic form in the resources of the Local Data Bank of Statistics Poland in category Tourism.

We hope that the study will prove to be a useful source of information about changes in infrastructure and tourist traffic in Dolnośląskie voivodship in recent years.